Bay Area Dance Week

Thank you for Celebrating Our dynamic Community
from April 25 – May 4, 2025

**Save the Date: April 24 – May 3, 2026

Visit the 2025 Bay Area Dance Week Hub to see what took place this year

Over 10 days our dynamic and diverse Bay Area dance community opened their doors to the public to experience classes, workshops, performances and more. The festival featured hip hop, salsa, aerial, folk, modern, Bollywood, ballet, poi, Rumba,West African, and many more types of dance – We believe there was something for everyone.

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The Kickoff Celebration at Union Square was a Blast!

Dance Week kicked off with a family friendly community celebration on April 25th, 12-1pm at Union Square!

Rhythm & Motion led One Dance, a routine designed for all participants to perform together. Watch the One Dance tutorial video and we will post a video of the kick-off festivities soon.

“Clockwise from top: 1) Nayun Dance 2) Koozi, photo by Artful Eye Photography 3) sjDANCEco 4) Archana Raja, photo by Stories by Sreejaj; 5) photo by James Watkins; 6) Samara Atkins at BANDALOOP, photo by Brooke Anderson; 7) Project Commotio

History

National Dance Week was founded in 1981 to increase awareness of dance and its contributions to our national culture. The first Bay Area Dance Week (BADW) festival grew out of a public dialogue in 1998, when dance artists, administrators, and organizations came together to explore how best to spotlight Bay Area dance during National Dance Week. The festival that emerged took a national initiative and imbued it with the innovative and inclusive spirit of the Bay Area. As the largest per capita center for dance in the United States, the Bay Area’s festivities have been the most extensive and best attended celebrations in the country since BADW’s inception. Each year, over 100 dance organizations and artists present events during Bay Area Dance Week, involving more than 2,500 artists and 20,000 attendees.

Bay Area Dance Week is presented by Dancers’ Group.